38 years ago tomorrow, on Nov 22, 1987, a broadcast pirate wearing a Max Headroom mask interrupted a WGN newscast. Later that night, the same pirate interrupted a Dr. Who episode on WTTW. The perpetrator was never found. dfarq.homeip.net/max-headroom...

Microsoft Windows 1.0 came out 40 years ago today. Problem is, it was two years late, which doomed the flagship computer it was going to run on. And that early bet on Windows sunk Tandy computers in the long run. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/how-the-tand...

The Tandy 1000, first released 41 years ago this month, was a IBM PCjr clone that became the best-selling IBM PC compatible in North America. Its legion of followup models survived on the market into the early 1990s. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/tandy-1000-m...

Seeing the sad news today of Rebecca Heineman and her battle with cancer. If you have at least an Nvidia 1030 GPU, you can donate GPU power to doctors doing cancer research via Folding at Home. I try to keep my 3060 online during the cooler months in case someone's doctor needs it. foldingathome.org

I do not need a Tandy 1000TX even if it's calling my name and it really needs someone to restore it and I totally know how to restore it and upgrade it and make it a very nice Tandy 1000TX because I already have a Tandy 1000 EX and an IBM PC/AT and other PCs at home and don't have room for a 1000TX.

At one time, Syquest was the king of removable hard drives. But cheaper forms of mass storage did them in, and 27 years ago today, Syquest filed bankruptcy. This blog post looks at their rise and fall. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/the-rise-and...

From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte

Ira Velinsky was an industrial designer for Commodore and Atari, responsible for the innovative design of the Commodore SX-64, Plus/4, Porsche PETs, and the Atari ST. Sadly, he died much too young at age 46. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/ira-velinsky...

Sometimes when you find an old clone PC, a bunch of the parts are branded AOpen. That's because AOpen sold everything but CPUs and floppy drives. In this blog post we explore why that business model doesn't work that well anymore. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/aopen-the-ki...

When I started my career, 3com was the biggest name in networking. But within a decade of the dotcom boom, they disappeared. Let's explore what happened to 3com. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/what-happene...

It was 42 years ago this week that Microsoft first announced Windows. If that seems wrong, it's because Windows 1.0 arrived late, which is totally on-brand. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/microsoft-wi...

25 years ago yesterday, Pets dot com, a pioneering Internet startup selling pet food, stopped taking orders. The idea was fine, but you have to have a plan to turn a profit. Without one, it came and went at dotcom speed. #dotcom #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/why-pets-com...

When Hilary Clinton was putting together a health care plan, conservatives sponsored an alternative that looked very much like Obamacare. Obamacare is only too radical because conservatives managed to get the status quo and not compromise in 1993. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_...

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Compaq announced its first computer 43 years ago this week. It was a portable, suitcase-sized clone of the IBM PC and the least expensive model cost $2,995. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/first-compaq...

29 years ago this week, the first sub-$1,000 PC with a built-in LCD display hit the market. And it was made in Missouri. The PC was called the Monorail. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/monorail-the...

If the warning signs from AI have got you down, why not take a trek down memory lane and check out one of the implosions of the dotcom era? It was 28 years ago today that etoys dot com was founded. #retrocomputing #dotcomera dfarq.homeip.net/etoys-com-an...

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Found this on Reddit. No idea who took the photo of Bo Bichette's home run, but what a photo.

Well that was poetic that after Wrobleski hit Gimenez and the benches cleared, Springer hit a line drive right off Wrobleski's leg. I know it's been stressful but this has been a really good World Series.

I'm looking for my old Bo Knows t-shirt. Bo Bichette's earned the right to use that phrase.

Remember @bluejays.com If you win he gets a new ball If you lose, he gets NO ball The stakes are HIGH.

Dear Casey, I have a request and dedication. My Congresswoman's name is Ann Wagner and she doesn't do her job. There was a song in the 90s that had a line: "Today I took food from the hands of a starving child." Could you play that for her? Thank you. Signed, Dave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=csxB...

Sad day for the folks who staked their reputations on lab leak conspiracy theories. www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

31 years ago today, Intel acknowledged the FDIV bug in its Pentium CPUs that caused them to divide incorrectly. It had known about the flaw for 6 months, and it ultimately cost the company $475 million. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/the-pentium-...

42 years ago today, Texas Instruments gave up on the home computer market. The TI-99/4A sold 2.8 million units but a price war with Commodore rendered it unprofitable. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/ti-99-4a-dis...

October 27, 1982 is the date on the BIOS in the Revision B IBM PC model 5150. So that makes today a good day to look at the differences between revision A and revision B of the original IBM PC. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing dfarq.homeip.net/ibm-pc-5150-...

I think about this a lot.

This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get. -if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—

Wanna know something awesome? When I posted an easy way to block the White House and other US government accounts, several people re-posted my post, translating it into Spanish and Portuguese.

I'm reaching back to my roots a bit for this blog post. You don't need to download anything to tune Windows to work better on your SSD. In this blog post I share the secret settings those utilities set. dfarq.homeip.net/tune-windows...

I don't use Tiktok, but my son said on Tiktok, the phrase No Kings was shadowbanned, so anyone who wanted to talk about it had to use coded language. Imagine how much bigger it could have been if we had something resembling free speech across all social media!

A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild #NoKings #Minnesota

As a graduate of a journalism school and a prolific writer for student publications during my college years, this warms my heart.

This is far from the first time we had anti-pedophile demonstrations in St. Louis. It's about time the local rag gave it some coverage. I can confirm in spite of the pouring rain, there were thousands out demonstrating.

18 years ago today, Gateway 2000 came to an end. It turns out when you build loyalty based on great customer service and then you cut costs by cutting customer service, the loyalty goes elsewhere. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/bought-gatew...

16 years ago today, SCO fired the most hated man on the Internet, the late Darl McBride. Yes, he died with little fanfare a little over a year ago. If you were using Linux 20 years ago, you know this name. #retrocomputing #linux dfarq.homeip.net/when-sco-fir...

Remember dBase? At one time it was the most popular database on microcomputers. But in the mid 1980s it faded. This blog post explores what happened and how a software classic took down two companies. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/what-happene...

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance. If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Reminder to those who think they are doing God's work by being MAGA: The majority of people being rounded up are Christian. And denying these Chicago political prisoners their First Amendment right to practice their religion is reprehensible.

buried in this: Peter Thiel says Elon Musk singled out his trans daughter as not being worthy of receiving his wealth in an inheritance 🫠

What's this joystick? It's not an Atari joystick I painted to match my VIC-20. Commodore blatantly copied the design of the Atari joystick in 1981 and it didn't end well when Atari took them to court. #retrocomputing #retrogaming dfarq.homeip.net/commodores-k...

Did you know Apple Records sued Apple Computer? Multiple times, in fact. The two parties settled one of those lawsuits 34 years ago today. The Beatles' label wasn't happy with Apple shipping a computer with an Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer in it. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-r...

It's not often you recognize history repeating itself as it's happening. But if this AI thing feels like the dotcom bubble, you're not imagining things. In this blog post, I walk through the parallels I see between the two. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/ais-parallel...

It was 33 years go this week that IBM debuted the Thinkpad. It wasn't their first portable computer but it sure was the most enduring, remaining in production today by Lenovo. #retrocomputing dfarq.homeip.net/the-ibm-thin...

My son's friend is 18. ICE kidnapped his mom as she went to renew her work visa. She was doing exactly what she was supposed to do, and ICE was waiting for her. They deported her. And it gets worse. Worse? How? He's enlisted in our Air Force.

More complicit, negligent US journalism...